Published 5:01 am, Monday, February 13, 2012

A Hale Center man was charged with first-degree murder Monday after reportedly shooting and killing his daughter's boyfriend.

Ronald Lynn Trisler, 49, was arrested for shooting 30-year-old Ray Fernando Jr. of Amarillo, who died after the incident that occurred in the Hale Center residence where all three reportedly lived.

According to Hale Center Chief of Police Dennis Burton, Rodriguez was shot once in the upper torso by Trisler about 9:30 a.m. Monday at the home in the 500 block of West Sixth Street. The house belongs to Trisler's mother, Burton said.

Burton did not release information about what kind of gun was used or give the name of the shooter's daughter.

He said Rodriguez was supposed to be airlifted to Lubbock, but weather conditions forced emergency personnel to transport him by ambulance to Covenant Hospital Plainview, where he later died.

Trisler was taken to the Hale County jail where he was held on a $20,000 bond.